The busy world of local artist Tarmo Watia

A former Idaho resident has filed a lawsuit against the Boy Scouts of America and the Ore-Ida Council of the Boy Scouts alleging the organizations did not do enough to protect him, and other scouts, from sexual abuse by a known abuser.

The suit, filed Monday in Ada County, is the first to take advantage of a change in state law that lengthens the statue of limitations for reporting childhood sexual abuse.

It's hard to see this as anything other than a grudge match, but campaigns have been built of flimsier things.

We speak, of course, of the U.S. Senate candidacy of Rex Rammell. Why is his name newsworthy? Only because he let a herd of domestic elk escape his ranch, then got into a series of public spats with wildlife officials, law enforcement, and one guy who, at the time, was running our state.

So when Lt. Gov. Jim Risch said he was looking at running for the seat that might get vacated by U.S. Sen. Larry Craig, Rammell wasn't slow on the draw, either.